So many mistakes were made in the buying and selling of this gun that one hardly knows where to begin. It's unlikely that G&H would take it back now after all this work has been done on it. Too easy to say someone else did the damage. I like G&H, I've bought and sold guns there ever since the early sixties. They will measure wall thickness if you ask and do it in front of you so you see the dial indicator for yourself. One can't ask for more. As I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread, I recently looked at a gun there that was .014" about midway down the barrel. I said that it was too thin for me, the salesman said not a word and put it back on the rack. One must draw one's own conclusions. However, in the case of a gun with .018" wall thickness just 9" from the breech a whole other set of rules must come into play if a business is to remain ethical. I think such a gun is dangerous to the user and possibly to others standing nearby. Bear in mind that I'm 70 years old and have been messing about with shotguns since before I was ten. I know firsthand what a burst barrel feels like having lost two joints of my little finger to one. You look at your hand in shock. I wouldn't sell such a gun without warning the buyer of it's condition. I don't consider myself particularly ethical but I'd have to draw the line there. I can only think that G&H just never measured the wall thickness before the sale and that's entirely possible. The buyer says that he bought it with dirty barrels and didn't even bother to have them cleaned for inspection. This level of trust is just too much. Who was is said "trust but verify". The best reputation in the world is not a guarantee, just a reputation.
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